What a Week in WA

Wow its been a week since our last post. We've been to...

Coalseam Conservation Park

Geraldton

 Kalbarri

 

Left the country to travel to the Principality of Hutt River where we were greeted by Prince George and had an audience with Prince Leonard on his 91st birthday.

And explored the highlights of Carnavon

Wildflower Wanderings in WA

A week ago Adrian couldn’t tell the difference between a daisy and a dogwood but now he can spot spiders, donkeys, snail and other orchids as well as various varieties of everlastings, damperia, hakeas and more. Yes, we have entered wildflower country. 

 

From Merredin in the wheat belt we travelled to the New Norcia to explore Australia’s only Monastic town and then on to the Wildflower Way with a night at Dallwallinu, one in the bush and now at Mullewa.

Along the way we have made excursions to wildflower hotspots, seen mini wave rock and tramped numerous nature reserves.

So, A horse sticks its head in a ute …

After seeing the whales at the Head of the Bight, we made it across the Nullarbor to WA, spending nights at Cocklebiddy and Kalgoorlie before heading north to explore sculptures on Lake Ballard and wild flowers around Niagra Dam (where we camped last night).

Today we went to the outback town of Kookynie (population 13) because we heard a story about a horse that goes into a bar …  The horse didn’t make an appearance while we were at the pub but we spotted him as we cruised the ruins of this ghost town. The horse ambled over stuck his head in the ute and had a laugh. Western Australian Tourism has a video on youtube about the horse click to see

After a few laughs with the horse we travelled to Merredin. We will stay a here a couple of nights to get the washing done and explore the area. 

On the Road Again

We have been on the road since Monday and have made it to the Nullarbor plain. We are staying at the Nullarbor Roadhouse tonight and will head back to the Head of the Bight tomorrow to look for whales.

Called in to look around an old homestead at Yanga Lake near Ballranald in NSW, spent most of a day touring Burra in SA and caught up with a friend for a cuppa in Port Augusta.

But mostly we have been just travelling so far.

Joy did break up the trip with a bull ant ride.

Getting ready for our next trip

Its been a while since our last post and its been a while since we have had a major adventure. We have had a few short holidays and a Pacific Island cruise since and now we are getting ready for our next trip.

We haven't however been sitting around doing nothing. In April 2015 Adrian retired and we decided t to build our own slide-on camper. It is now complete. We have tested it on a couple of short trips and now we are ready to go exploring. If you are wondering what is involved in building a slide-on camper, here is a short film of what was involved:

We had the shell manufactured to our design by Styromax www.styromax.com.au. Putting it together and fitting it out was a family affair and took about six months.

Next week we are heading off to Western Australia